John McGraw's All-Time Team

[TonyK]

In John McGraw's autobiography, he ranks the greatest players he saw between 1890 and 1923. Here is the overall list from his best in NL, AL and baseball:

1B - Sisler, Chance
2B - E. Collins, Lajoie, Hornsby
3B - J. Collins
SS - Wagner, G. Davis
C - Ewing, Bresnahan, Schalk, Criger
LF - Duffy
CF - Cobb, Delehanty, Speaker
RF - Keeler, J. Kelley, Hooper, Ruth
P - Mathewson, J. McMahon, Clarkson, Rusie, Johnson, Joss, Waddell, Rucker, Walsh, Bender

He rated Honus Wagner as the best player he ever saw.

[ElHalo]

In John McGraw's autobiography, he ranks the greatest players he saw between 1890 and 1923. Here is the overall list from his best in NL, AL and baseball:

1B - Sisler, Chance
2B - E. Collins, Lajoie, Hornsby
3B - J. Collins
SS - Wagner, G. Davis
C - Ewing, Bresnahan, Schalk, Criger
LF - Duffy
CF - Cobb, Delehanty, Speaker
RF - Keeler, J. Kelley, Hooper, Ruth
P - Mathewson, J. McMahon, Clarkson, Rusie, Johnson, Joss, Waddell, Rucker, Walsh, Bender

He rated Honus Wagner as the best player he ever saw.

I wouldn't have any problem with these rankings if it weren't for the fact that Delehanty only played about 12% of his career games in CF.

[TonyK]

McGraw actually had Speaker playing LF to even out the positions(I moved him back to CF), so maybe he did the same with Delehanty?

[538280]

P - Mathewson, J. McMahon, Clarkson, Rusie, Johnson, Joss, Waddell, Rucker, Walsh, Bender

Who is "J. McMahon"? I had never heard of him, I did a BBRef search and still no pitchers in any time with the last name McMahon and first name starting with J. Who is he?

[Dodger]

Sadie McMahon was McGraw's Baltimore teammate.

http://baseball-reference.com/m/mcmahsa01.shtml

[csh19792001]

Who is "J. McMahon"? I had never heard of him, I did a BBRef search and still no pitchers in any time with the last name McMahon and first name starting with J. Who is he?

Sadie McMahon. (John James McMahon). He was a teammate of McGraw during John's formative years with the old Orioles. McMahon had some outstanding seasons- the only year he had a losing record was the year his team went 56-91.

I've attached a very detailed (especially for that era) account of McMahon's return to baseball in 1895, in case anyone is interested in the player, the old Orioles, or the era.